The Grinch might be a short-seller this Christmas season. Retail stocks were tanking across the board on Thursday, as a much worse-than-expected November retail sales report early Thursday, combined with Wednesday’s latest announcement from the Federal Reserve, had markets under heavy selling pressure. In early afternoon trading, shares of Macy’s (M) were off 3.9%, while shares of Target (TGT) and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) were down more than 4%, among other notable names underperforming in… Source link
Read More »Stocks plunge as rate hikes rattle markets, retail sales miss
U.S. stocks descended Thursday morning as Wall Street reeled from another sizable rate hike by Federal Reserve officials and assessed similar moves by central bank officials across the Atlantic. A disappointing reading on consumer spending also weighed on sentiment. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England followed the U.S. Fed in raising interest rates by 50 basis points Thursday morning. The BoE’s hike brought rates in the country to their highest since 2008. The S&P 500 (^GSPC)… Source link
Read More »Stocks sink after Fed hikes, Powell gives hawkish outlook
U.S. stocks fell in volatile trading Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered its seventh and final interest rate increase of 2022 and Chair Jerome Powell asserted in hawkish remarks that further tightening is underway. The central bank lifted its key policy rate by half a percentage point, slowing the pace from hikes of 75 basis points across the prior four meetings. The move brings the federal funds rate to a new range of 4.25% to 4.5%, the highest level since December 2007. The S&P 500… Source link
Read More »Stocks edge higher ahead of inflation data, Fed meeting
U.S. stocks rallied Monday ahead of a busy week for investors, with key inflation data and the Fed’s last policy meeting of the year on tap over the next two days. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 1.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) increased by 1.5%, or more than 500 points. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) advanced by 1.2%. The rally served as a rebound from stocks’ worst week since September. The S&P 500 dropped 3.4% last week, while the Dow fell 2.8% and the Nasdaq… Source link
Read More »Stocks edge higher ahead of inflation data, Fed meeting
U.S. stocks rallied Monday ahead of a busy week for investors, with key inflation data and the Fed’s last policy meeting of the year on tap over the next two days. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 1.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) increased by 1.5%, or more than 500 points. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) advanced by 1.2%. The rally served as a rebound from stocks’ worst week since September. The S&P 500 dropped 3.4% last week, while the Dow fell 2.8% and the Nasdaq… Source link
Read More »Stocks edge higher ahead of inflation data, Fed meeting
U.S. stocks rose Monday ahead of a busy week for investors, with key inflation data and the Fed’s last policy meeting of the year serving as highlights. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose by 0.5% during midday trading, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) increased by 0.8%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) advanced by 0.3%. All three major indexes ended with losses during Friday’s trading session, capping the worst week for stocks since September. The S&P 500 dropped 3.4%, while… Source link
Read More »Stocks flat after Monday’s rout
U.S. stock futures edged higher Monday morning ahead of a busy week for investors with key inflation data and the Fed’s last policy meeting of the year serving as highlights. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) inched higher by 0.2% in premarket trading, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) ticked up by 0.1%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) increased as much as 0.25%. All three major indexes ended with losses during Friday’s trading session, capping the worst… Source link
Read More »Meme stocks are likely in big trouble in 2023: Morning Brief
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, December 12, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Brian Sozzi, an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App. By any traditional analytical measures, meme stock names such as GameStop, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Blackberry are still… Source link
Read More »One of the most frequently cited risks to stocks in 2023 is ‘overstated’
This post was originally published on TKer.co Stocks fell last week, with the S&P 500 declining 3.4%. The index is now up 9.9% from its October 12 closing low of 3,577.03 and down 17.9% from its January 3 closing high of 4,796.56. Last week I published a roundup of Wall Street forecasters’ outlook for stocks in 2023. In a nutshell, they were unusually bearish with more than half of them predicting the S&P 500 to close 2023 lower on the year. One commonly cited risk was the expectation that… Source link
Read More »Stocks waver as inflation, consumer sentiment surprise
Stocks were searching for direction on Friday afternoon, with economic data on inflation and consumer sentiment sending somewhat mixed signals to investors. Near 1:15 p.m. ET on Friday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were unchanged, while the Dow was down 0.2%. All three major averages have spent time on both sides of the flatline during Friday’s session as investors look to build on momentum built Thursday after the S&P 500 snapped a five-day losing streak on Thursday. Data on producer prices out… Source link
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